The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce results of the 2018 Residency Match for the Adult Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and Triple Board tracks
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. The Psychiatry Department has partnered with CONNECT, a community mental health advocacy group, who is hosting several community educational events throughout the month of...
Dr. Jason Hunziker, Division Chief of Adult Psychiatry and Inpatient Medical Director at University Neuropsychiatric Institute, addresses the symptoms and treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).
Dr. Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, Psychiatry faculty member and Director of Cognitive Neuroimaging at the University of Utah's Diagnostic Neuroimaging Laboratory, is the U's lead researcher in national study exploring neural changes...
Patricia Aguayo, MD, MPH, is joining the Department of Psychiatry faculty in the the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Division as an Assistant Professor (Clinical).
Three new faculty join the Department of Psychiatry. Catherine Bledowski, MD, as an Assistant Professor (Clinical). Jozef Bledowski, MD, as an Associate Professor (Clinical). And Javier Ballester Gonzalez, MD, as...
Dr. Doug Gray, faculty member of the University of Utah Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and a Utah pioneer in suicide prevention, contributes to a three-part news series addressing...
Three new faculty join the Department of Psychiatry. Troy Hoff, DO, PhD, as an Assistant Professor (Clinical). Steve Sugden, MD, MPH, as am Assistant Professor (Clinical). And Kristen Pagel, MD...
Organizing around patient needs isn't easy. It involves changing traditional reporting relationships and patterns of care delivery. Over nearly 20 years, UNI’s HOME Program has refined how the team works...
It was her work with the Department of Veterans Affairs that first got University of Utah researcher Deborah Yurgelun-Todd interested in studying athletes. The director of the U.'s Cognitive Neuroimaging...
Pac-12 initiative helps fund study of concussions and head trauma among athletes by researcher Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, PhD, director of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory.
It’s a topic many U.S. citizens don’t think about—treating the psychological needs of refugees. The trauma that so many refugees suffer does not go away when they reach their new...
Around 2 million people in the United States are addicted to prescription painkillers, with 52,000 accidental opioid overdose deaths in 2015. According to Mark Ilgen, associate professor of psychiatry at...
For individuals with both addiction and chronic pain, it’s been common practice to treat one before the other, rather than treating both at the same time. Psychologist Dr. Mark Ilgen...
Jonathan Birnkrant, MD, is joining the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry Division. Dr. Birnkrant will be working in the Child and Adolescent Inpatient areas at University of...
A tiny snail may offer an alternative to opioids for pain relief. Scientists at the University of Utah, including J. Michael McIntosh, Professor of Psychiatry, have found a compound that...
SALT LAKE CITY — University of Utah is taking part in a nationwide, landmark study designed to address questions about how typical teen experiences – such as social media, lack...
May is Mental Health Awareness month. To raise awareness, this Parkites Connect are holding several events. The kick-off event is May 3 and will feature specialists from the Department of...
Experts at the University of Utah say 80 percent of adults with autism don't have jobs. A group of individuals at the neuropsychiatric center are trying to change that.
The crisis "text line", or SafeUT, will launch its first phase on January 20, 2016. Students can use the SafeUT phone app or website to send non-crisis tips to school...
